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Cord Byrd: “Ours has been a long friendship. It is going to continue. But I expect to be a partner in this fight. I expect to be…”

On the recordApril 2, 2003
Ours has been a long friendship. It is going to continue. But I expect to be a partner in this fight. I expect to be told at least by the chairman that he anticipates calling up an amendment of this nature. A point of order would lie against this amendment. That would have been the very reaction I would have had if he had mentioned such an amendment to me. I would say a point of order might lie against it.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing expectations regarding amendments during a legislative debate.

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